Settee-bed.



J. PHILLIPsON,

'SETTEE BED.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JUNE 1,1908.

Patented Mar. 9,1909.

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JACOB PHILLIPSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SETTEE-BED.

Application filed June 1, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Jason Pnnmrrson, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, county of New York, State of New York, have in ented certain new and useful Improvements in Settee- Beds, of which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to attain simplicity and economize space in the type of settee-beds which have a back supported by rockers acting on the floor; to provide a construction wherein the seat and back sections will fit substantially flush with the inner surface of the sides or side-sup ports, and whereby a comparatively wide seating and bed space may be obtained; andto so form the sides of the settee as to provide legs or supports for both ends of the back section when extended in the form of a bed. These objects are accomplished by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a settee-bed constructed according to this invention, and folded to form a settee. 2 is a side elevation of the same, partly broken away, showing the parts in horizontally extended position. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of Fig. 2.

In the device shown, the seat 1 is supported by the sides 2 which have secured thereto a box 9, suitable for containing bedding beneath the seat 1. To the seat 1 is hinged the back section 3 by the hinges i. The seat and back sections fit flush with the inner surfaces of the sides 2 and 6. The hinges 4 are secured inside of the sections 1 and 3, which they connect.

An extension 5 is hinged to the back 3 and extends downwardly at the rear thereof. The extension 5 is secured to and supported by the sides 6. The arms or sides 2 and the rocking supports or sides 6 are shaped so as to have the general outline of the sidewalls of a settee of common form. Each of the sides 6 is shaped at its lower edge 7 to form a rocker upon which the back 3 and the extension 5 may be brought into the horizontally extended position by pulling outwardly the seat 1. The surface of the rocker may be faced with rubber or other resilient material at 7 to prevent the slipping of the rocker when the seat is moved in or out. The inner edge of each of the sides 2 is shaped to fit the part 7 of the sides 6. The upper inner edge 8 of the sides 6 is extended equal to the width of the rocker 7 to form legs for sup- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Serial No. 438,007.

{ porting the back section 3 and the extension when in the form of a bed.

The operation of the device shown is as follows :-."-Then it is desired to change the device into the form of a bed, from that of a settee shown in Fig. 1, the seat 1 is pulled outward, and the edges 7, which are faced with suitable resilient material, prevent the sides 6 from being drawn along the floor with the other parts, and cause said sides to rock forward until the parts 8 come in contact with the iioor. The device is then in its extended position as shown in Fig. 2. To fold the device into the form of a settee, the operator simply pushes the seat 1 in toward the rockers, the rubber on the rockers 7 offering sufficient frictional resistance to cause the longitudinal thrust on the seat 1 to break the hinges connecting the back 3 and the extension 5.

The hinges i are of a construction that will permit the seat section 1 to be raised from the front to allow access to the box 9 beneath the seat where such a box is provided.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. The combination of a seat supported between sides, a back hinged to said seat, an extension hinged to said back and extending downwardly at the rear thereof and supported between sides adapted to rock on the lower edge when said seat is pulled outwardly to form a bed, said seat-sides and said extension-sides being substantially in the same plane and adapted to fit together, edge to edge, at their inner edges when said parts are folded to form a settee.

2. The combination of a seat supported between sides, a back hinged to said seat, an extension hinged to said back and extending downwardly at the rear thereof and supported between sides which are adapted to rock on the lower edge when said seat is pulled outwardly to form a bed, the upper front part of said extension-sides being of about the same depth as the rocker and forming a leg adapted to rest on the floor for supporting said back and extension in a substantially horizontal position when extended in the form of a bed, said seat-sides and extension-sides being substantially in the same plane and adapted to fit together, edge to edge, at their inner edges when said parts are folded to form a settee.

3. The combination of a seat supported between sides, a back hinged to said seat, an

extension hinged to said back and extending downwardly at the rear thereof and supported between sides which are adapted to rock on the lower edge when said seat is pulled outwardly to form a bed, the upper front part of said extension-sides being of about the same depth as the rocker and forming a leg adapted to rest on the floor for supporting said back and extension in a substantially horizontal position when extended in the form of bed.

4. The combination of a seat supported between sides, a back hinged to said seat, an extension hinged to said back and extending downwardly at the rear thereof and supported between sides which are adapted to rock on the lower edge when said seat is pulled outwardly to form a bed, said seat and back parts being adapted to it substantially flush with the inner surface of said sides, the hinges between said parts being secured inside .of said seat and back.

5. The combination of a seat supported between sides, aback hinged to said seat, an extension hinged to said back and extending downwardly at the rear thereof and supported between sides which are adapted to rock on the lower edge when said seat is pulled outwardly to form a bed, said. seat and back parts being adapted to lit substantially flush with the inner surface of said sides, the hinges between said parts being secured inside of said seat and back, said seat-sides and extensionsides being adapted to lit together, edge to edge, at their inner edges when said parts are folded to form a settee.

6. The combination of a seat supported between sides, a back inovably connected to said seat and supported between sides which have their lower front edges curved to form rockers upon which said sides are adapted to rock on the floor, from an upright position toward a horizontal position, and lying in substantially the same planes with said seatsides, which have inner concave edges ad apted to receive the rockers.

7. The combination of a seat supported between sides, a back movably connected to said seat and supported between sides which have their lower front edges curved to form rockers upon which said sides are adapted to rock on the floor, from an upright position toward a horizontal position, and lying in substantially the same planes with said seatsides, which have inner concave edges adapted to receive the rockers, the sides supporting said back, when in their upright position, being higher than said seat-sides and having their upper ends of substantially the same depth as the rockers and forming legs adapted to rest on the floor when said back is in position to form a bed.

8. The combination of a seat supported between sides, a back movably connected to said seat and supported between sides which have their lower front edges curved to form rockers upon which said sides are adapted to rock on the floor, from an upright position toward a horizontal position, and lying in substantially the same planes with said seatsides, which have inner concave edges adapted to receive the rockers, said seat being extended rearward of its supporting sides and between the rockers when folded in the form of a settee.

9. The combination of a seat supported between sides, a back movably connected to said seat and supported between sides which have their lower front edges curved to form rockers upon which said sides are adapted to rock on the floor, from an upright position toward a horizontal position, the sides supporting said back being of sufficient area to extend forward of the rear end of the seat and cover the sides of said rear end when in the settee position.

10. The combination of a seat, a back movably connected to said seat and supported between sides which have their lower front edges curved to form rockers upon which said sides are adapted to rock on the floor, from an upright position toward a horizontal position, the sides supporting said back forming outer side-walls of the settee and being of sutiicient area to extend forward of the rear end of the seat and cover the sides of said rear end when in the settee position.

Signed at New York this 27 day of May 1908.

JACOB PHILLIPSON.

Witnesses M. NEUMANN, E. LEVENTHAL. 

